8 Lo mek-tu month, blo mek-tu year, bihaen olketa kam lo haos blo datfala tru God lo Jerusalem, Zerubbabel, son blo Shealtiel, Jeshua, son blo Jehozadak, olketa nara brata blo olketa, olketa priest, olketa Levite, and evriwan wea prisoner bifor olketa kasem Jerusalem+ and startim datfala waka. Olketa appointim olketa Levite wea 20 years old and go ap for supervisem waka for buildim haos blo Jehovah.

3 Bat Zerubbabel and Jeshua and evri narawan wea hed lo laen blo dadi blo olketa lo Israel, sei lo olketa: “Iufala no garem raet for buildim haos blo God blo mifala.+ Mifala seleva nao bae buildim haos hia for Jehovah, God blo Israel, followim wanem King Cyrus, king blo Persia, hem komandim lo mifala.”+